A/N: Hello again, everyone!

Disclaimer: I don't own Criminal Minds.

My apologies if I had made any mistakes but enjoy the chapter!

I hope you all like this chapter because it's (mostly) about the 1ST ANNIVERSARY OF THESE TWO LOVEBIRDS!

This chapter takes place on June 3rd.

Reid was in the kitchen, smoothly cooking up some breakfast when Élise walked in with Séraphine in her arms; Opal trailed behind them. Élise smiled at the sight of seeing Reid, "Good morning, hubby."

Reid courteously kissed her lips, "Good morning, my wife." Kissing their daughter's face, "Good morning, sweet bundle of joy." Petting down Opal's ears, "Hey there, Opal, girl!"

Opal barked in response just as Élise was observing the spread of food that was on the table: waffles, pancakes, bacon, oatmeal, orange juice, fresh fruit.

"Oh! Either we have a special occasion that I've must have forgotten about, or do we have a special guest coming by soon." Élise raised an eyebrow as she was getting some of her pumped breast milk and began feeding her.

"Well, we may have a special guest coming by later today, but I'm just getting my practice on again for an extraordinary occasion happening on Sunday, June 5th, 2011."

Élise's mouth opened, "Our wedding anniversary."

"Mm-mmm." Putting on his purple mitts, Reid opened the oven and pulls out a tray containing four cinnamon buns. "And like these rolls, it's going to be a sweet treat."

Élise took a bite, "Mmm. Tasty."

"Just like you," Reid kissed Élise's lips again and looked down at Séraphine before kissing her. "And you, my lovely girl."

Reid noticed Opal purring and cuddling his leg. "I can never forget about you, Opie."

Élise let out a chuckle, "It's crazy how they picked Hotch to go to Pakistan."

"Believe me, I was shocked as well. But then again, Hotch assisted writing the textbook and teaching hostage negotiation classes, so he was both the Director's and the Bureau's best choice," Reid mentioned.

"And Rossi?" Élise thought for a moment but makes a face and thinks, "Yeah, I think Rossi would rather be at a football game for all eternity."

Reid let out a snort, "Yeah."

"Thank you for picking me up from school, Uncle Spencer," Jack said as he, Reid, and Séraphine stepped into the house.

"Anytime, Jack," Reid said as he was petting Séraphine's head. He soon asked him, "Do you have any homework?"

"Just to color." Jack pulled out a notebook from his Captain America bag.

Reid proposed as he rocked Séraphine, "Okay. You go color, and while you do that, I'll order us a pizza. After you finish your homework, we can watch a movie. Okay?"

Jack shook his head excitedly, "Okay." Jack got right on it.

"You know what I like about Alvin and the Chipmunks?" Jack giggled as he, Reid, Séraphine, and Opal gathered on the couch in the living room, with the pizza box and drinks on the coffee table.

"What do you like about this movie?" Reid asked.

Jack squeakily answered, "Simon almost sounds just like you."

Reid laughed. "You really think so?" Reid asked back in the best Simon-impersonation voice that he could.

Jack chuckled, "Yeah."

Reid and Jack heard the front door being open, turning their heads to see who it was.

"Lisey!" Jack jumps off the couch, almost startling Opal, "Auntie Jessie!"

Élise opened her arms out after setting her briefcase aside. "Hi, Apple Jacks!" Hugging him with all her might. "How was your day?"

"Good!" He beamed, showing his tiny teeth.

Jessica smiled at him and ruffled his short hair before asking Reid as he got up from the couch, carrying Séraphine; Opal stood next to him, "How was he?"

"He was great," Reid answered. "He was no trouble at all."

Jessica chuckled before grabbing Jack's backpack, "Well, we better get going."

"Okay." Jack gave Élise another hug before hugging Reid again and petting Opal and Séraphine. Running to his Aunt Jessica and taking her hand, he waved, "Bye!"

"Buh-bye, Jack-Jack!" Élise waved to him.

Reid waved at him and took Séraphine's hand, and flapped it for him. Élise watched Jack get into Jessica's silver Honda Accord and drive off. Élise properly fixes up the curtains, and her mouth drops, and her eyes widen when she sees Séraphine again.

"Hi, my fabulous Fifi," Élise took Séraphine from Reid's arms. Smooching her cheeks, "Oh, I missed you today. But you know me, I need to take down the bad guys like your old man." She whispered in his ears, "But I show them who's boss."

"I heard that," Reid whispered in her ear before kissing Élise's cheek.

"Well, it's true, Spen." Élise raised her eyebrows three times and petted Opal's ears. "It's what we do. And you know how I do it."

Reid giggled like a little schoolboy, "I like how you do it."

Élise tittered and growled flirtatiously before they lip kissed again.

"This little piggy went to the market," Élise sat down on the couch, playing with Séraphine's toes after feeding her. She playfully wiggled her big toe before wiggling her long toe, "This little piggy stayed home." Taking her middle toe, "This little piggy had roast beef." Jiggling her ring toe, "This little piggy had none." Waggling her little toe, "And this little piggy cried 'wee-wee wee' all the way home."

Séraphine began giggling and covered her face. Élise laughed with her and started putting Séraphine in baby-sized yellow Converse sneakers, which went well with her new ruffled dress and bloomer.

Reid came in, carrying a copy of Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. "Hey. How's everyone's doing this morning?"

Élise noticed Reid's attire for the day: yellow trim polo, denim pants, and Converse sneakers. "Oh! Yellow is such a good color on you, Spenie!" Élise felt his muscles, "Plus, your arms look buffed up from those crutches. I rarely get to really see them."

"Thank you," Reid laughed, "Yellow's a good color on you too," Reid admired her yellow floral crepe shift dress and white Converse sneakers. "Makes your skin color look extraordinary."

Élise blushed. "Thanks."

Reid began tickling Séraphine's belly, causing her to giggle. Smiling, "I'm so glad we get to have our 1st wedding anniversary with you."

Stroking Séraphine's hair, Élise said, "Maybe because we…"

Reid protectively covered Séraphine's ears, knowing what Élise was about to say, "Shh! She can hear you."

Élise shrugged her shoulders, "Séraphine can't understand us; she's three months old."

Reid cocked his head, lowered his eyes, and pursed his lips.

"But you have a point there." Élise nodded her head.

"Work it, Séraphine," The photographer at Baby Studio, Luna Nelson, cried as she was taking Séraphine's photos, surrounded by a bed of many different colored carnations, pansies, orange blossoms, and yellow roses. "Work it, little cutie. Work those pretty big eyes."

Élise and Reid giggled in the background. Élise began sticking her tongue, and Reid began dancing like a monkey, hoping to get her to laugh, and it worked.

"Great!" Luna smiled as she stopped. "Oh! She's so adorable!"

"We've been told that," Élise agreed as she picked her up. "Thanks."

Luna soon asked them, "Do you plan on having another one?"

Reid answered as he, Élise, and Séraphine gathered together, "Maybe in another year or two."

"I hope so," Luna prattled. "A girl like her should grow up with a sibling or two."

"Wow," Reid, who had Séraphine in his arms, and Élise observed the pictures Luna photographed. "These are amazing."

"I love the black-and-white ones." Élise pointed to the B&W pictures. "Thank you so much, Luna. You'll be paid generously for these."

Luna nodded her head, "It'll take a few days, but yeah, they did come out great, and thank you."

"Oh my God," Élise said as she, Reid, and Séraphine were strolling through the Tysons Galleria and stopped at the food court and ordered their food from a fast-casual sit-down restaurant, Kay's Place. "I still can't believe we're celebrating our first wedding anniversary tomorrow."

"I can," Reid replied as he began to feed Séraphine some of the pumped breast milk. "I have a few ideas about how we can celebrate."

"Really?"

Reid smiled, "We can go to the Spice Culture."

Élise gasped, "Where we had our first date. We could even order the tandoori chicken, some naan, the delicious rose Kulfi." Whispers, "Maybe go back to my old apartment building where we had our first kiss."

Reid chuckles, "Exactly."

Élise tickled under Séraphine's chin.

Morning of June 5th…

"Mmm," Élise licked her lips and daintily wiped her mouth; her breakfast consisted of scrambled eggs, two bacon strips and Belgian waffles, fresh fruit, and a cinnamon roll, "That was such a good breakfast, honey. Unbelievably delicious."

"Why, thank you, sweetheart," Reid generously took Élise's plate and utensils before giving her a passionate kiss on the lips. Placing them in the sink and washing his hands for a minute and two seconds, "Especially since today is the day you and I exchanged our vows and became Dr. and Mrs. Spencer Walter Reid." He smiled as he wiped his hands. "One of the best days of my life."

Élise rubbed her hands together and asked Reid, "Would you like to do the exchanging of our 1st wedding anniversary gifts."

"Why, yes, I would." Élise took Reid's hand and followed him into the living room and sees him pull out from paper-wrapped gifts from behind the couch pillows,

"For you." Reid sweetly handed Élise her gifts.

Gushing, Élise neatly pulled off the wrapping paper and sees a clean white box. Opening it, her mouth dropped.

It was a stunning gold jewelry parure, including a gold watch. Placing her hand over her mouth before using it to fan her eyes, "Oh, Spencer!"

Reid enjoyed watching the joy of his wife opening one of her presents. "Open your other present."

Élise does. "Yay!" Élise rushed to hug Reid and kissed his lip. "So thoughtful, sweetheart! Thank you so much!" Looking at her other gift, "The first edition of Peter Pan, one of my favorite childhood classics."

Reid sighed heavenly, "Anything for you."

"Stay right here," Élise insisted. "My gifts to you are a bit heavy."

Élise powerwalked to the closet and pulled out two small gift bags. Jumping up and down, "Open it, honey."

At Élise's eager insistent, Reid looks inside the gift bag and smiled. "Élise!" Reid hugged her and smooched her lips and cheeks. "You got me a first edition of the first Babar book."

Élise chuckled, "Well, that wasn't the only gift I got you."

She gave Reid her other gift; he opened it, and it was a small box, and when Reid opens that box, his face lit up, "A yellow gold Patek Phillipe pocket watch," Reid observed the watch. "Wow. They're expensive."

"But like you, they're worth it." Élise beamed. "And I can afford to buy one, so…"

Reid gave her another lip kiss. "You love you."

"And you know I love you, bunny."

Élise finished applying natural airbrushed makeup as Séraphine was in the swing, chilling when Reid walked out of the master bedroom's bathroom; her jaw gaped. He was clothed in a purple long-sleeve button shirt with a tie, dark pants, and Converse and even had his brown leather bag over his shoulder.

Élise immediately knew, "You're wearing the outfit when we had our first date." Élise melted.

Reid noted Élise wearing a sky-blue blouse, gray jacket and pants, and black loafers, "As are you."

"Are you all packed?" Reid asked.

Élise motioned her head to the bed as she was putting away her makeup, which had an overnight bag. "Mm-mmm." She walked over to Séraphine's swing and gradually pulls her out. "Don't mommy look pretty today?"

KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK!

"That must be the sitter," Élise replied as Reid grabbed her overnight bag for her from the bed and followed Reid to the front door. He opened the door.

"Jessica! Jack-Jack!" Élise was overjoyed to see Jack and Jessica as always and led them into the house. "Great to see you again."

"And thank you so much for agreeing to babysit our Fifi." Reid appreciated.

Jessica smiled, "Absolutely, Spencer."

Élise gave her a small paper sheet, "Here's all the emergency numbers, contacts, you already have our cell phone numbers, so if anything, like hospital emergency room…"

"Everything will be fine," Jessica gently touched Élise and Reid's hands, "Don't worry. Enjoy your wedding anniversary."

"May you please bring me back a present?" Jack politely asked with the little twinkles in his eyes.

Jessica lightly scolded, "Jack…"

Élise chuckled, "It's okay." Kissing Séraphine's cheeks and forehead before giving her to Jessica, "Be good to Jessica and Jack, okay, Fifi?"

"We'll be back tomorrow, Fifi," Reid kissed Séraphine's face before ruffling Jack's hair, "We promise, okay?"

Jack and Jessica waved, "Bye!"

"Later, you guys." Reid waved back.

"Lots of love," Élise replied. "Stay safe and keep clean!"

"I told you, Élise," Reid said to Élise as they stepped out of the car in the Spice Culture diner's parking lot. "I told you they'd be fine."

"I know, Spen," Élise put her cell phone in her bag; Reid opened the door for her. "Forgive me if this is our first overnight without him."

"Fifi's in good hands." Reid took hold of Élise's soft hands and smooched her palms, causing her to release light flutters.

A young woman with dark skin and long hair, dressed in a bright pink dress and shoes, greeted the two with warm smiles. "How may I help you two…?" She squinted her eyes and pointed, gasping and wagging her finger, "I think I remember you two."

"And I remember you as well." Reid shook his head. "We're here on our first wedding anniversary." He and Élise showed off their wedding rings. "And we even now have an adorable baby girl."

"Congratulations, you two." The hostess gasped with adoration as she led them to their table. At the same table, Élise and Reid had their date and handed the two their menus.

As Reid quickly abhorred the menu, Élise coyly said, "Remember when I first met you?"

Reid let out a chuckle, "You looked up and asked me if I was Dr. Reid, and then I said, 'I take it you're Élise Bastien?'"

"And I take it your Dr. Reid." Élise recited. "You said 'Pleasure to meet you' as you sat down, and then I said 'Same. I'd shake your hand, but Hotch told me you're not into the whole handshaking. Perfectly understandable. I respect that' And then I rambled about the health blog I saw the Harvard website how it's preferred to fist bump since they spread fewer germs than handshakes."

"Especially since hands carry germs that can spread infections to others, and some of those infections can be serious, including the ones that the everyday standard antibiotics can't kill?" Reid concluded before replying, "Yup. I remember every word."

Élise giggled again as a young waitress approached their table.

"Welcome to Spice Culture. May I take your order?"

"Hello, and we'll have the tandoori chicken, please, along with the Naan for the two of us and some rose Kulfi, please. Along with some coffee and water."

The waitress took her menus and left to get their meals, "Coming right up."

"I hope the tandoori chicken's as good as when we had it."

Reid chuckled before he noticed Élise tapping her fingers on the table, her eyes looking away, checking the clock, and could even hear her tap her feet under the table. He concernedly asked, "Are you okay, Lise?"

Élise denied, "Oh, I'm fine."

Reid noted, "From the way you're now picking your fingernails, tells me you're worried about Fifi."

"Well, can you blame me?" Élise replied. "As I said, this is our first night away from Séraphine. Doesn't that worry you?"

"It does," Reid said as their meals came. "But at the same time, I figure this is the best way to confront our separation anxieties."

"I know; it's just…" Élise's face twisted, whispering, "She's already growing up so fast. One day she was growing inside me. Next, she was in my arms after she came out, and now…"

"She can suck her fingers, hold her head up, sit with some support, follow and grasp at objects," Reid said before eating some tandoori chicken. "And months later, she'll be able to crawl, teeth, walk, talk."

"I'm already having a headrush," Élise began fanning herself before helping herself to some tandoori chicken. "At least this tandoori chicken is easing my nerves."

"It's even better than the one we had when we had our first date," Reid commented, making Élise laugh.

Grande View Complex

"Let's take a selfie right here," Élise suggested as they visited Élise's old apartment building. "Seems a bit creepy to have it outside my old apartment door."

Reid laughed as he adjusts Élise's phone, "Yeah, it does." Clearing his throat before asking Élise, "Are you ready?"

"Yup."

"Ready? Set…"

They kissed with such ardor and pulled back four seconds after hearing the click. Élise and Reid examined the picture and smiled.

"Perfect."

Élise took her phone back and asked, "Want to do another one?"

"Indeed."

"Wow," Élise was in awe as she and Reid stared at Mount Vernon, the plantation and mansion of the nation's first President George Washington and his wife First Lady Martha. "One of our nation's most iconic and legendary homes from the 18th century."

"Built by George Washington's father in 1734 and the Mount Vernon name came from his half-brother Lawrence," Reid added.

"I remember wanting to come here when I first moved to D.C." Élise and Reid wandered around the grounds. "It's even more gorgeous than seeing it in pictures or on TV."

"Wait until you see the four gardens," Reid said. "Washington built a greenhouse for rare and exotic plants, and since 1760, the lower and kitchen garden has been cultivated for the production of their vegetables."

"Mount Vernon's even the final resting place for our First President and Lady," Élise said. "I wouldn't mind living like this. Minus the slave quarters and anything that has to do with slaves."

Reid looked at the brochure, "Let's visit the museums and head to the gift shop before we leave for Baltimore."

"Then I say we get on it." Élise was ready for some more history.

Suite Eighteen at the Ivy Hotel, Baltimore…

"Mmm…" Élise groaned as she and Reid began moving and making out on the couch sometime after the concierge and the bellhops left their suite. And once they started, with Reid kissing the back of her neck, they almost didn't want to stop, "Ohh…oh!"

"Oh, mama…" Reid moaned. "Ohh…"

"Hmm…oh…" Élise gently pulls away from Reid once she realized she needs to call Jessica and see how she's doing with Séraphine. "Crap!" Dialing, she placed the phone to her ear, waiting for Jessica to answer, "Come on. Please pick up already."

Finally, Jessica answered after the second ring, "Hello?"

"Jessica!" Élise cried, putting the phone on speaker. "How are you?"

Jessica answered, "We're fine; I'm just about to put Jack and Séraphine to bed."

Reid walked over to Élise's side, cuddling her, and asked her, "Can we speak to them, please?"

"Of course!" Jessica accepted and gave Jack the phone, allowing Jack to take over the conversation.

"Hi!" Jack happily addressed Élise and Reid.

Élise squealed, "Hi, Jack-Jack!"

Reid asked, "Are you a good boy to our Fifi and your Aunt Jessica?"

"Yes!" Jack giggled before Jessica took the phone back from her and said to him,

"Okay, Jack. It's time for PJs, okay?"

"Okay." Jack replied, "Bye! Nighty-night!"

Élise and Reid simultaneously said, "Sweet dreams, Apple Jacks."

Soon they could hear Séraphine's soft but active coos, making Élise and Reid beam.

"Hi, Fifi." Élise could feel a lump in her throat. "We miss you."

Reid spoke up, "But we'll be back tomorrow, okay?"

Séraphine's coos turned to fussy cries, signaling that she's either tired or misses Élise and Reid. Or both.

"Aw," Jessica comforted, "It's okay, Séraphine."

"We, uh…we'll let you all get going," Élise whispered, hoping she won't break down and cry.

"Night-night!"

Reid and Élise said together, "Good night. Love you."

Élise tossed her cell phone in her bag and placed her hand on her throat, "Oh, God…"

"She's fine, Lise." Reid eased her worries. "Tomorrow, we'll see her."

"I know." Élise gave Reid a lip kiss. "I know. I'm such a worrywart."

In an impulse moment, Reid scooped Élise up and walked her up the stairs, "And I know what'll ease those worries."

"Hubba-hubba," Reid couldn't take his eyes off Élise when she walked out of the bathroom. She looked like an enchanted golden goddess with her long hand-embroidered robe covering her body. He soon felt something tightly in a particular area when she started playing with the belt.

"This is bringing back memories for you?" Élise coquettishly asked Reid, who looked so sexy in his yellow gold boxers.

"Mm-mmm." All Reid could do was nod his head.

As she slowly walked to Reid, removing her robe and letting it fall on the ground, revealing a yellow gold embroidered bra and panties set, and crawled into bed next to him,

"Now…how would you like to…?"

Reid immediately pulls Élise into a kiss before going under the soft covers.